How Swahili Became Africa’s Most Spoken Language
Over two millennia, Swahili has built bridges among people across Africa and into the diaspora.
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OHF WEEKLY, VOL. 5 NO. 21: Editor’s Letter, “Tina Turner: Defiance, Sexuality, and Resilience,” “Pulse: One Year Later,” and a quote by Bishop Desmond Tutu.
Tina Turner: Simply the Best
November 26, 1939–May 24, 2023
Rosa Parks: More Than a One-Hit Wonder
“The only tired I was, was tired of giving in.” –Rosa Parks
Happy Birthday, Toni!
🎉 Join us as we celebrate Nobel Laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner, Toni Morrison.
OHF Magazine, Issue No. 3: The Many Lives of Toni Morrison
Celebrating Pulitzer Prize winner and Nobel Prize laureate Toni Morrison and all Black women with a mix of compelling writing and beautiful imagery.
Aretha Franklin Celebrated Her Blackness
And she inspired the world to do the same.
Remembering Bill Russell
I was never a sports fan, let alone a big basketball fan, but I knew of Bill Russell. How could anyone not know he was a multiple NBA champion?
Happy Birthday, James Baldwin!
We celebrate the life, literature, and legacy of the incomparable James Baldwin, one of America’s most impactful and prescient writers, and share works by John Metta, William Spivey, and Rebecca Hyman that honor Baldwin’s “A Letter to My Nephew.”
Just a Few More Words about Nichelle Nichols
She was one of us, the incarnation of the beauty, intelligence, and poise we Black folks saw in our mothers, sisters, aunts, and cousins. Nichols represented all that society denied Black women could be.
The Reverend Canon Nelson Wardell Pinder: Priest, Friend, and Activist
OHF WEEKLY, VOL 4 NO 31: Honoring the father of Orlando’s civil rights movement, Father Nelson Pinder; why it’s never too late to pursue your dreams; and Madison Pattin on the ongoing work of antiracism.
Frederick Douglass (1852): What, to the Slave, Is the Fourth of July?
The text of abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman Frederick Douglass’s July 5, 1852, speech in his hometown of Rochester, New York.